August Güttinger

August Güttinger
Güttinger at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born(1892-07-10)10 July 1892
DiedNovember 1970(1970-11-00) (aged 78)
Winterthur, Switzerland
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		Switzerland
GymVeltheim
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Switzerland
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1924 Paris Parallel bars
Gold medal – first place 1928 Amsterdam Team
Bronze medal – third place 1924 Paris Team
Bronze medal – third place 1924 Paris Rope climbing

August Güttinger (10 July 1892 – November 1970)[1] was a Swiss gymnast and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics, where he received a gold medal in parallel bars, and bronze medals in rope climbing and team combined exercises.[2] He received a gold medal in team combined exercises at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.[3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "August Güttinger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. ^ "1924 Summer Olympics – Paris, France – Gymnastics" Archived 19 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 27 March 2008)
  3. ^ "August Güttinger". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
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